Stolen from 9 Marks Ministries

Sorry for the length of this post but this is one of the best reading lists that I have ever seen (they also have one for Pastor's) put together. This list is intended for layman to help them grow in their knowledge and understanding of doctrine and theology. If you can print it out and order these books, I would commend you to do so. I have a fairly extensive library and can't tell you how important it is to study, study study.

If you are not familiar with 9 Marks I would encourage you to get familiar with them. They have a tremendous amount of free material and mp3's that are awesome.

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APOLOGETICS
Stanley Jaki, The Savior of Science (Scottish Academic Press)
Philip Johnson, Darwin on Trial (IVP)
Philip Johnson, Objections Sustained (IVP)
Philip Johnson, Reason in the Balance (IVP)
Francis Shaeffer, Escape from Reason (IVP)
Michael J Wilkins and J.P. Moreland, Jesus Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents the Historical Jesus (Zondervan)

Biography
Courtney Anderson, To the Golden Shore: The Life of
Adoniram Judson (Zondervan)
Roland H. Bainton, Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther (Abingdon)
Iain Murray, D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, 2 vols. (Banner of Truth)
Iain Murray, Jonathan Edwards (Banner of Truth)
C.H. Spurgeon, Autobiography (Banner of Truth)

CATECHISMS
Tom Nettles, Teaching Truth, Training Hearts (Calvary)
John Piper, ed., A Baptist Catechism (Desiring God Ministries)

THE CHURCH
Jay Adams, Handbook on Church Discipline (Zondervan)
John Armstrong, ed., The Compromised Church (Crossway)
J.L. Dagg, Manual of Church Order
Mark Dever, Nine Marks of a Healthy Church (booklet; Center for Church Reform)
Mark Dever, Nine Marks of a Healthy Church (book; Crossway)
Mark Dever, ed., Polity: Biblical Arguments on How to Conduct Church Life (CCR)
Mark Dever, A Display of God’s Glory: Deacons, Elders, Membership, and Congregationalism (CCR)
John Piper, Elders (Desiring God Ministries)
Donald S. Whitney, Spiritual Disciplines within the Church (Moody)

CHURCH HISTORY
Mark Dever, Richard Sibbes (Mercer)
Tom Dowley, ed., Handbook to Church History (Fortress)
Greg Wills, Democratic Religion (Oxford)

DATING
Joshua Harris, I Kissed Dating Goodbye (Multnomah)
Joshua Harris, Boy Meets Girl (Multnomah)

Devotional
Augustine, Confessions (Henry Chadwick translation, Oxford World Classics)
Horatius Bonar, Longing for Heaven (Christian Focus)
John Bunyan, Grace Abounding (Anchor)
John Bunyan, Holy War (Christian Focus)
John Bunyan, Pilgrim’s Progress (Penguin)
D.A. Carson, For the Love of God, 2 vols. (Crossway)
Jonathan Edwards, Charity and its Fruits (Banner of Truth)
Carolyn Mahaney, Feminine Appeal (Crossway)
Jerry Marcellino, Rediscovering the Lost Jewel of Family Worship (Audobon Press)
J.I. Packer, Knowing God (IVP)
Elizabeth Prentiss, Stepping Heavenwards (Calvary)
J.C. Ryle, Holiness (Baker)
C.H. Spurgeon, Faith’s Checkbook (Whitaker)
C.H. Spurgeon, Morning and Evening (thin ones; Christian Focus)
Donald S. Whitney, How Can I Be Sure I’m a Christian? (Navpress)
Donald S. Whitney, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life (Navpress)


DISCIPLESHIP
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together (Harper & Row)
Elyse Fitzpatrick & Carol Cornish, Women Helping Women (Harvest House)
John Stott, Basic Christianity (Eerdmans)

EVANGELISM
Joseph Bayly, The Gospel Blimp (Lifejourney Books)
D.A. Carson, ed., Telling the Truth: Evangelizing Postmoderns (Zondervan)
Jonathan Edwards, Works on Revival (including Distinguishing Marks) (Banner of Truth)
Val Grieve, Your Verdict on the Empty Tomb (Paternoster)
Patrick Johnstone, Operation World (Zondervan)
Will Metzger, Tell the Truth (IVP)
Iain Murray, The Invitation System (Banner of Truth)
Iain Murray, Revival and Revivalism (Banner of Truth)
J.I. Packer, Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God (IVP)
Mack Stiles, Speaking of Jesus (IVP)
Christianity Explained (Narrowgate Press, UK)

MARRIAGE & DIVORCE
John Murray, Divorce (Presbyterian & Reformed)

PARENTING
Ted Tripp, Shepherding a Child’s Heart (Shepherd Press)

PRAYER
Arthur Bennett, ed., Valley of Vision (Banner of Truth)
D.A. Carson, A Call to Spiritual Reformation (Baker)
Samuel Prime, The Power of Prayer (Banner of Truth)

STUDY TOOLS
Handbook to the Bible (Zondervan)
New Bible Commentary (IVP)
New Bible Dictionary (IVP)
Dan Allender and Tremper Longman, Bold Love (Navpress)
Dan Allender and Tremper Longman, Bold Purpose (Navpress)
D.A. Carson, Doug Moo, Leon Morris, Introduction to the New Testament (Zondervan)
Raymond Dillard and Tremper Longman, Introduction to the Old Testament (Zondervan)
Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart, How to Read the Bible for All it’s Worth (Zondervan)

SUFFERING
D.A. Carson, How Long, O Lord? (Baker)
Richard Sibbes, The Bruised Reed (Banner of Truth)

THEOLOGY
Louis Berkhoff, Systematic Theology (Banner of Truth)
F.F. Bruce, The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable? (Eerdmans)
John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion (Westminster/John Knox)
D.A. Carson, The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God (Crossway)
D.A. Carson, Love in Hard Places (Crossway)
D.A. Carson, Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility (Wipf and Stock)
J.L. Dagg, Manual of Theology (Gano/Sprinkle)
John Flavel, They Mystery of Providence (Banner of Truth)
Timothy George, The Theology of the Reformers (Broadman)
Graeme Goldsworthy, Gospel and Kingdom (Paternoster)
Wayne Grudem and John Piper, eds., Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (Crossway)
Martin Hengel, Crucifixion (Fortress)
Carl F.H. Henry, Toward a Recovery of Christian Belief (Crossway)
Robert Letham, The Works of Christ
Fred Malone, A String of Pearls Unstrung (Founders)
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Spiritual Depression (Eerdmans)
Martin Luther, The Bondage of the Will (Westminster/John Knox, or SCM
Leon Morris, The Atonement (IVP)
John Murray, Redemption Accomplished and Applied (Banner of Truth)
Tom Nettles, By His Grace and For His Glory (Founders)
J.I. Packer, A Quest for Godliness (Crossway)
J.I. Packer, Fundamentalism and the Word of God (Eerdmans)
J.I. Packer, God Has Spoken: Revelation and the Bible (Baker)
A.W. Pink, The Attributes of God (Baker)
John Piper, Future Grace (Multnomah)
John Piper, God’s Passion for His Glory (Crossway)
John Piper, Let the Nations Be Glad (Baker)
John Piper, The Pleasures of God (Multnomah)
John Piper, TULIP: What We Believe about the Five Points of Calvinism (Desiring God Ministries)
Ernest Reisinger, What Should We Think of the Carnal Christian? (Banner of Truth)
Thomas Scott, The Articles of the Synod of Dort (Sprinkle)
B.B. Warfield, The Plan of Salvation (Simpson)
David Wells, The Bleeding of the Evangelical Church (Banner of Truth)
David Wells, God in the Wasteland (Eerdmans)
David Wells, Losing our Virtue (Eerdmans)
David Wells, No Place for Truth (Eerdmans)
John Wenham, Christ and the Bible (Baker)
George Whitefield, Selected Sermons (Banner of Truth)

WORSHIP
Baptist Hymnal (Broadman)
Horton Davies, Worship of the American Puritans (Soli Deo Gloria)
Michael Horton, In the Face of God (Word)
Leonard Payton, Reforming Our Worship Music (Crossway)
David Petersen, Engaging with God (Eerdmans)